The government has directed coal companies to supply fuel to power plants that have been commissioned this year through the Memorandum of understanding, MoU, route. The companies have been asked to provide the supply till issues related to fuel supply pacts are resolved.

The Power Ministry said in a release today that concerned over the delays in signing of the Fuel Supply Agreements (FSAs) between the coal companies and the power developers, the Ministry of Power had taken up the issue of ensuring coal supply to power plants with the Ministry of Coal.

The Ministry of Coal in turn has issued a directive to coal companies to supply coal to power plants commissioned till March 31, 2012 as well as those to be commissioned during 2012-13 through the MOU route as the FSAs are getting delayed.The release said with this directive, the commissioned plants would be able to generate power without facing disruption of coal supply.

The Association of Power Producers (APP) Director General Ashok Khurana said the latest directive is a welcome .